Kehilas Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

Kehilas Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

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location =Kent Avenue and Hooper Street,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
New York City,
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religious_affiliation =Orthodox Judaism
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Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar is a large Satmar Hasidic synagogue located at Kent Avenue and Hooper Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It has been dubbed a "miracle" synagogue because it was constructed in just 14 business days."New York Sun", September 27, 2006.] "New York Daily News", September 30, 2006.]

Background

In 1984 Satmar Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum placed his oldest son Aaron in charge of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York, but in 1999 he appointed his third son Zalman as his successor, a position traditionally given to the eldest son. Since then the two sons and their respective followers have been feuding over who is the rightful successor of Moshe, with the followers of Aaron attempting to gain control of approximately $372 million worth of Satmar buildings and land (including its synagogues) in Williamsburg and elsewhere."Times Herald-Record", October 3, 2006.] Following his death in April 2006, Moshe's will supported Zalman, as did a Satmar rabbinical court, though supporters of Aaron dispute the validity of both. After a New York state court ruled in July that the dispute was outside of its jurisdiction, followers of Aaron, who, in previous years, had been excluded from main Satmar institutions and celebrated the High Holy Days in a large tent, started plans to build an alternative main synagogue.

Construction

In 2006 the synagogue was built in 14 days by a team of over 200 workers, including 125 employees and 80 volunteers."New York Post", October 2, 2006.] Workers worked 18 hour days in order to have the building ready in time for the Jewish New Year. As a result of the rapid pace of construction, a number of the city's Department of Buildings rules were violated, including "working without a sidewalk shed" and "straying from approved plans". The department did not take action after two reports of unsafe working conditions, but issued a stop-work order after a worker fell about 20 feet from a metal structure on September 15. Nevertheless work continued; according to the "New York Sun", Jennifer Givner, a department spokesperson "could not rule out the possibility that the department had given the go-ahead to resume work", and the congregation denied that it broke any rules.

Building

The 13,000 or 18,000 square foot steel frame structure has cinder block walls and is covered in stucco. The interior was not fully finished in time for the New Year, and it was planned that the concrete floors would be covered with wood and the walls with marble in time for the "Simchat Torah" holiday three weeks later. The structure seats between 2,300 and 4,350 and has a total capacity of 7,000 people. It is named after Aaron's great-great-grandfather Rabbi Yekuthiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, known as "The Yetev Lev", after the name of a book of Torah commentary he published.

Notes

References

* Dabush, Keren, and Sederstrom, Jotham. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/456963p-384593c.html "Satmar 'miracle' temple up in 14 days"] , "New York Daily News", September 30, 2006.
* Gallague, Patrick. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/10022006/news/regionalnews/its_a_house_of_gosh__regionalnews_patrick_gallahue.htm "It's a House of 'Gosh!'"] , "New York Post", October 2, 2006.
* Goldstein, Joseph. [http://www.nysun.com/new-york/splintering-of-satmar-community-leads-to/40443/ "Splintering of Satmar Community Leads to a 'Miracle' Synagogue"] , "New York Sun", September 27, 2006.
* McKenna, Chris. [http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/NEWS/610030318/-1/NEWS "In Brooklyn, Hasidim build shul in a flash"] , "Times Herald-Record", October 3, 2006.

External links

* [http://nycourts.law.com/CourtDocumentViewer.asp?view=Document&docID=67467 Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar of Kiryas Joel Inc. v. Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar Inc.] , "New York Law Journal", February 9, 2006.
* [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2006/2006_05627.htm Matter of Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Inc. v Kahana] , Appellate Division, Second Department, 2006 NYSlipOp 05627, "New York State Law Reporting Bureau", July 11, 2006.


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